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Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Auckland N. Z. 1846. Church. Barracks. Gov[ernmen]...
Date: 1846
From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850
By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902
Reference: A-292-040
Description: Right side of a panorama with A-292-039, showing St Paul's church, Britomart Barracks, Government House and the entrance to the Harbour. View from the Karangahape Road area of Auckland looking towards the town and harbour, across Parnell. An ink version of the full panorama is held in Manuscripts & Archives as an illustration to a letter dated 30 November 1846. Its title is Auckland from the head of the town valley. The left side of this panorama (A-292-039) shows Queen Street, the Queen Street Gaol, St Patrick's Cathedral under construction and Fort Britomart. Other Titles - Auckland from the head of the town valley, November 1846 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on cream wove paper 243 x 167 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].
Marvin album
Date: [Circa 1860s]
From: Marvin, W G (Captain) :Marvin family photographs
By: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909; Crombie, John Nicol, 1827-1878; Kinder, John, 1819-1903; Marvin, William, 1834-1915
Reference: PA1-q-320
Description: Album of photographs taken during the 1860s by various photographers. All the images are related to Colonel William Marvin (1834-1915) who came to New Zealand circa 1858 and was possibly attached to the 70th Regiment of Foot during the New Zealand wars. There are many photographs relating to military activity, including military working parties at Fort Britomart; military and naval camps at Maungatawhiri Creek, Queen's Redoubt, Drury, Ngaruawahia and Albert Barracks; a monument to the 43rd Regiment at Gate Pa near Tauranga; Potatau's tomb with a sentry guarding it; and the Auckland cemetery. Many of the images are of Auckland, including `Hale's Boarding House, where I first slept in N.Z.'; `The Masonic Hotel where I was made a mason in 1861'; `My last batchelor home near Constitution Hill green, next door to the Dacres'; `St. Mary's where I was married 4th August 1862'; a long sequence showing Queen Street from different angles in 1866'; and various homes that he knew, including Heaphy's house in St George's Bay, Dillon Bell's House in Parnell, and `Little Sutton' in St. George's Bay. Other images of interest include a mining camp at Coromandel; the tree on which Volkner was hanged, with a seated group of Maori beside a whare; a Maori church that is completely thatched, in the Waikato; and two views of the sailing ship Ida Ziegler [i.e. Zeigler] `In which we returned from N.Z. round Cape Horn, 29th Jany to 1st May 1867'. Photographs in England are all related to Tipner Barracks near Portsmouth, and Malpas Cemetery, Newport Monmouthshire. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with albumen prints. Label attached to cover `Pictures of N.Z. (N. Island) & Tipner with captions by Col. Marvin'. Textured black cover; 30 x 24 cm
Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :Auckland New Zealand 3 August 1864
Date: 1864
By: Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898; Warre, Henry James, 1819-1898
Reference: B-035-021
Description: Shows Mechanics Bay with St Paul's Church and Britomart Barracks, ships around Wynyard Pier and a Maori canoe on the mudflats in the foreground. Original mount (now discarded) included inscription on lower right: Colonel Williams, R.A., possibly inscribed by H.J.Warre Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 122 x 247 mm Transfers: Purchased with B-035-016 and B-035-017.
Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898 :Ft Britomart, 20 April 1864
Date: 1864
From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[Sketchbook of English and New Zealand scenes] 1860 - 1864
Reference: E-349-097/098
Description: Shows St Paul's Church, Fort Britomart and the shoreline of Auckland seen from the harbour Other Titles - Fort Britomart Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 100 x 320 mm
Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :Albert Barracks from Queen Street Wharf. 10 Aug [1864].
Date: 1864
From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[New Zealand sketches, 1864-1866]
Reference: B-045-014/015
Description: Shows activity on the wharf: fixing of rigging, two soldiers talking to each other, a horse and cart, a woman with a parasol, and several other figures idling. Across the harbour are dwellings, and higher up St Paul's church, with the barracks on the top of the hill. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 138 x 464 mm.
Mundy, Godfrey Charles, 1804-1860 :Auckland, New Zealand. On stone by W L Walton, from ...
Date: 1847 - 1852
By: Mundy, Godfrey Charles, 1804-1860; Walton, W L, active 1834-1855; Hullmandel & Walton (Firm); Bentley, Richard, 1794-1871
Reference: A-447-005
Description: Shows a view of Auckland from the harbour, with a steam-ship in the foreground, and other boats in the distance. A number of buildings can be seen on land; the area shown is Parnell, with St Paul's church and the Britomart barracks visible. Appeared in volume 2, page 72 of Godfrey Charles Mundy's 'Our antipodes: or, Residence and rambles in the Australasian colonies' (London: Richard Bentley, 1852) Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-painted, 125 x 195 mm Provenance: Prior to purchase, mounted and owned in Australia (Antique Print Room, 455 George St., Sydney)